Trendsonline.dk Takes Over Silicon Drinkabout CPH
The team behind Trendsonline.dk has taken over the Danish leg of the social initiative known as Silicon Drinkabout. It was started by 3Beards in London exactly three years ago this Friday. The objective was to increase comradeship between entrepreneurs in the startup scene. It was started at a time when entrepreneurs experienced they moved in […]
Retelly is Growing – over 5 million unique visitors
Since August 2012, video startup Retelly has been a platform which lets its users discover and share cool and relevant videos in beautiful, simple, and meaningful ways. Known as an online video magazine, it draws in a young and hip, culture-obsessed crowd. With its plentiful array of video categories, there is something for any viewer to […]
Event series: Is Silicon Valley right for your startup?
On Thursday the 22nd of May the Silicon Vikings Copenhagen Chapter will be hosting the first event in an event series centred around succeeding in the Silicon Valley. They will be introducing it as an alternative to the Copenhagen startup environment. Attendees will be able to examine their possibilities and resolve whether venturing to the […]
Stefan Madsen on Echo.it’s new CEO and his role as Chief Storyteller
The startup Echo.it was founded in 2010 by Stefan K. Madsen with the mission to take advantage of the internet to help implement corporate strategies by promoting desirable behaviour and creating better data-points. In this month of April, 2014 Echo.it had a change in leadership as Lutz Könnecker was appointed as the new CEO and […]
Social Business Week in Lund May 12th-14th 2014
The week of May 12th to May 15th 2014 is Social Business Week in Lund. Social Innovation Lab The first portion of it (May 12th to May 14th) is dedicated to the Social Innovation Lab. A rousing three day workshop consisting of social business activities, experimentation, training and the future of social entrepreneurship. Participants will have the […]
New Way to Share Discount Codes: Dealforfriends.com
Dealforfriends is a new service for e-tailers (online retailers of goods, usually clothes and accessories) to generate more sales and customers. Soon to change their name to Vouper, the service enables e-retailers to reach a wider audience through the use of discounts that can be shared over Facebook. “Dealforfriends is a friend-to-friend marketing platform for […]
Startup Spotlight: Digital Car Selling in Sweden
Online Car Sales Helsingborg based startup Bilprospekt is gaining recognition. Developed by Viktor Silfverström, Andrée Heino, Jakob Werner and Niklas Silfverström, Bilprospekt aims to digitise car sales. The developers recognise the way s in which the current car sale industry is rather outdated; in terms of sale methods as well as communication with the customers. The […]
Startup spotlight: Danish FindZebra Has Marketing Potential For Drug Companies
Competing With Google While Google represents an endless, “know-it-all” encyclopaedia for most, some still manage to find areas with room for improvement. The Danish research project search engine FindZebra specialises in finding rare diseases simply from patient symptom descriptions. Developed by Professor Ole Winther (Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Denmark) […]
Sony’s SmartBand and Future of Lifelogging Developed in Lund
Not strictly startup news but a sign of the shift big companies in the region are going through, Sony’s SmartBand is set to release this month. In less than five months, the smart wristband was developed from concept to finished product by developers in Lund. It’s been crazy fast. We are very proud to have done […]
VIP VoIP #4 with Dan Martell
On Wednesday, the 12th of March from 6PM to 10 PM (CET) Dan Martell will be featured in the VIP VoIP (#4) hosted by Rocket Labs in Copenhagen and Mesh in Oslo. A Canadian entrepreneur with an interesting history, Dan’s presentation will surely bring in an audience. He faced a challenging environment growing up and […]